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PRIVACY EXPECTATIONS AND PROTECTIONS FOR TEACHERS IN THE INTERNET AGE
2010 Duke L. & Tech. Rev. 014
Media & Communications
9/28/2010
Public school teachers have little opportunity for redress if they are dismissed for their activities on social networking websites. With the exception of inappropriate communication with students, a school district should not be able to consider a public educator’s use of a social networking website for disciplinary or employment decisions. Insisting that the law conform to twenty-first century social norms, this iBrief argues that the law should protect teachers’ speech on popular social networking websites like Facebook and MySpace.

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